Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Accessibility was VGStorm Presents Manamon, a new fully featured RPG!

2016-07-22 Thread Jody McKinniss
t; <phi...@bex.net> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 12:33 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Accessibility was VGStorm Presents Manamon,a > new fully featured RPG! > > >> Dark, >> Just in

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Accessibility was VGStorm Presents Manamon, a new fully featured RPG!

2016-07-22 Thread dark
quot; <phi...@bex.net> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 12:33 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Accessibility was VGStorm Presents Manamon,a new fully featured RPG! Dark, Just in case you might want to check out, Windows Acce

[Audyssey] Windows 7 Accessibility was VGStorm Presents Manamon, a new fully featured RPG!

2016-07-22 Thread Phil Vlasak
Dark, Just in case you might want to check out, Windows Accessibility Options for People who Are Blind or Have Low Vision Windows 7 has an Ease of Access Center Both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 include the Ease of Access Center. The simplest way to get started is by pressing and holding down the

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help

2016-07-17 Thread darren harris
Ok I've managed to sort it out. -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: 17 July 2016 23:40 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help Unfortunately, I can't help you with either application directly

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help

2016-07-17 Thread john
tinternet.com> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 13:48 To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help My media player I would use is Winamp. Is there a way of doing this? Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Jul 2016, at 18:33,

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help

2016-07-17 Thread Darren Harris
nd configure your media player > to output to your speakers. > > -- > From: "darren harris" <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 8:53 > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyss

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help

2016-07-17 Thread john
ly 17, 2016 8:53 To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: [Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help Hi all, I'm wanting to somehow put vipmud through a set of USB headphones whilst putting music through the main system. Is this even possible? If so could someone pleas

[Audyssey] windows 7 sound card help

2016-07-17 Thread darren harris
Hi all, I'm wanting to somehow put vipmud through a set of USB headphones whilst putting music through the main system. Is this even possible? If so could someone please tell me how this could be done? ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email

[Audyssey] Windows 7 and games was Re: My First Impressions of Change Reaction 2 for Windows

2013-04-30 Thread Chris H
Not only that but my Windows 7 here loves the games I have so far. I have heard however Descent into Madness will not run on Windows 7 but haven't tried it myself. Christopher Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter:

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and games was Re: My First Impressions of Change Reaction 2 for Windows

2013-04-30 Thread shaun everiss
well I have run tactical battle so far on 7 32 bit and the game really copes better with large maps now. I had some plugin issues with winamp easily updated the effected modules though. Trouble is finding which. I have tried swamp to and after in admin mode running the windows bat file I

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and compatibility

2010-01-03 Thread Jacob Kruger
Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:09 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and compatibility Hi. well, as it looks like the netbook business

[Audyssey] Windows 7 and compatibility

2010-01-01 Thread dark
Hi. well, as it looks like the netbook business will be problematic, I might considder a slimline laptop instead, however I'm concerned about program compatibility. Most audio games I've heard will run under windows 7, so that isn't a problem, niether will brouser based games be

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and compatibility

2010-01-01 Thread Willem
@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:09 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and compatibility Hi. well, as it looks like the netbook business will be problematic, I might considder a slimline laptop instead, however I'm concerned about program compatibility. Most audio games I've heard

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 and compatibility

2010-01-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, I've tried Winfrotz on Windows 7, and it works fine. Not sure about the others though as I don't have them, and haven't tried them personally. Although, I certainly could install and try them for you if you need me to. dark wrote: Hi. well, as it looks like the netbook

[Audyssey] windows 7 and games

2009-11-09 Thread Brandon Misch
Hey all. was trying to install games on my gf's machine and keep getting an error before the programs start. tried installing all of the conponents from bpc program's website but when installing netframework 3.5, it says i have to turn windows features on or off before configuring net

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 and games

2009-11-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Brandon, You should not be trying to install .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 7. Windows 7 comes with .NET Framework 4.0 which includes backwards compatible libraries for earlier versions of the .NET Framework. So there is no need to upgrade .NET since the latest version is already installed.

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 and games

2009-11-09 Thread Brandon Misch
i installed the programs listed on the bpc programs website. except for sapi 5.1. self destruct won't even play as well as ternament. and when i start ternament, i keep getting a runtime error. On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Brandon, You should not be trying to install

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:09 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Hi Chris, Yes, but in a lot of the cases you manually have to install some missing Visual Basic 6 and DirectX components in order to get them to work. Since all of the games by Jim Kitchen

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hallsworth
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:25 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 I have personally played Jim Kitchens games, and entombed. So far so good. Everything works in Windows 7. Casey Mathews Web Friendly Help | Demystifying Tech

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread valiant8086 on braille plus
: [Audyssey] Windows 7 I have personally played Jim Kitchens games, and entombed So far so good. Everything works in Windows 7. Casey Mathews Web Friendly Help | Demystifying Tech www.WebFriendlyHelp.com -- From: Chris Hallsworth christopher

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Constantine
-link audio - Original Message - From: Chris Hallsworth christopher...@googlemail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 So what performance have you noticed guys? I suspect very good, XP-like, but would

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hallsworth
: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 better than xp in many cases. It just doesn't lag any more when tabbing around dialogues and stuff as much as it used to. Boots very quickly. On Tue, 19 May 2009 09:44:23 +0100, Chris Hallsworth wrote: So what performance have you

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Smile. Yeah, sort of looks that way. Visual Basic 6 support was officially dropped back in 2005, and unfortunately most of the accessible games out there were written in that language. Even though they can be made to work on Windows 7 I don't personally see it as anything more than a stop

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, basically Windows 7 is Windows Vista with several bug fixes, updated components such as Internet Explorer 8 and .NET 4.0, etc and is little more than a patched and updated Windows Vista. The point is anything specifically made for Windows Vista such as Mysteries of the Ancients beta

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hallsworth
tcwoo...@shaw.ca To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 I tried it on a duel core system supposidly running 4 gb of ram but actually running 2.87. Couldn't really tell I was using it, but didn't use it for very long

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, I've read Microsoft has removed a lot of legacy code and non-esential system services dramatically increasing over all system performance. I have a 3.6 GHZ Pentium processor on my laptop here, and Windows 7 flies on that processor. Windows Vista, which shipped with the computer,

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Chris, It depends on what kind of computer you have. Some will allow you to and some won't. For some reason my laptop won't allow me to boot from a USB device, and the bios will only allow me to bboot from the dvd rom or hard drives. My desktop bios however will allow me to boot from

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Hallsworth
list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Hi Chris, It depends on what kind of computer you have. Some will allow you to and some won't. For some reason my laptop won't allow me to boot from a USB device, and the bios will only allow me

[Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-18 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hello all, does anyone know if the current games out there work under Windows 7? -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-18 Thread Munawar Bijani
mailto:munaw...@gmail.com http://www.bpcprograms.com - Original Message - From: Chris Hallsworth christopher...@googlemail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:11 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Hello all, does anyone know if the current games out there work under

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-18 Thread Casey Mathews
: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:11 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Hello all, does anyone know if the current games out there work under Windows 7? -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 --- Gamers mailing list

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Chris, Yes, but in a lot of the cases you manually have to install some missing Visual Basic 6 and DirectX components in order to get them to work. Since all of the games by Jim Kitchen, GMA Games, PCS Games, BSC Games, etc are based on Visual Basic 6 legacy libraries these need to be

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-18 Thread Liam Erven
In other words. LWorks will have some fixin to do -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:09 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Hi Chris, Yes

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7

2009-05-18 Thread Constantine
Hallsworth christopher...@googlemail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 Hello all, does anyone know if the current games out there work under Windows 7? -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Aaron, Did you try using Vista drivers? From what I understand from reading Windows 7 drivers are basically going to be the same as Windows Vista since Windows 7 is pretty much an enhanced and fixed Windows Vista. When I put Win 7 on my laptop I installed the vista drivers and they worked

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-12 Thread Liam Erven
with the devices I have, I just used vista drivers and it worked fine -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:11 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 Hi

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-12 Thread Valiant8086
: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 Hi Aaron, Did you try using Vista drivers? From what I understand from reading Windows 7 drivers are basically going to be the same as Windows Vista since Windows 7 is pretty much an enhanced and fixed Windows Vista

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-12 Thread Liam Erven
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 Hi Aaron, Did you try using Vista drivers? From what I understand from reading Windows 7 drivers are basically going to be the same as Windows Vista since Windows 7 is pretty much an enhanced and fixed Windows Vista

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-10 Thread Casey Mathews
of Windows 7. Casey Mathews Web Friendly Help | Demystifying Tech www.WebFriendlyHelp.com -- From: Liam Erven liamer...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:51 PM To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] windows 7

[Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-09 Thread Liam Erven
Was wondering if any daring souls had tried windows 7 rc1. especially with accessible games. I am planning on installed it in a secondary partition this week, so was curious what people had found so far. I will post my findings when I can get around to updating. Liam --- Gamers mailing

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Liam, As far as accessible games goes on Windows 7 it is pretty much the same as installing them on Windows Vista. For older games written in Visual Basic 6 you need to manually install the Visual Basic 6 libraries using something like Jim Kitchen's Winkit setup file as Windows 7 doesn't

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-09 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. I installed windows 7 public beta a few months ago. It works great except for lack of drivers because noone supports windows 7 yet. - Original Message - From: Liam Erven To: 'Gamers Discussion list' Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:51 PM Subject: [Audyssey] windows 7

Re: [Audyssey] windows 7

2009-05-09 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. Installing GMA tank commander will also work to get the libraries in. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] windows 7 Hi Liam, As far as accessible games goes on Windows 7

[Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies.

2009-02-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Trouble, In many cases that is true. I know when I upgraded one of my Vista computers to Windows 7 public beta 1 it ran a heck of a lot smoother and more stable than Windows Vista. Plus they finally fixed there driver database issues in Windows 7 which is a relief. As far as getting Jim

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies.

2009-02-01 Thread Valiant8086
: Thomas Ward To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 5:47 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies. Hi Trouble, In many cases that is true. I know when I upgraded one of my Vista computers to Windows 7 public beta 1 it ran a heck

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies.

2009-02-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, That is pretty much what I figured. When I ran the Windos 7 upgrade on my Vista laptop, which of course had already had games on it, I discovered everything still worked. I figured it was simply a matter of installing one of the GMA Games or Jim Kitchen's winkit setup to set Windows 7

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies.

2009-02-01 Thread Valiant8086
: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies. Hi, That is pretty much what I figured. When I ran the Windos 7 upgrade on my Vista laptop, which of course had already had games on it, I discovered everything still worked. I figured it was simply a matter

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was Rail Racing for speed junkies.

2009-02-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Smile. We are on the same page. Between the both of us we have pretty much ruled out any major problems in the future for accessible gaming. My big fear was when Microsoft announced dropping Visual Basic support in Windows 7 it was going to be a pain to get games working. As it turns out

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was gamebooks of Arborell

2008-12-30 Thread shaun everiss
well thats good news. I think hardware wise I should be set then. At 04:50 p.m. 30/12/2008, you wrote: Hi Shaun, I know. I use Winkit all of the time for fixing the broken VB 6 installs on my Vista system. The point I was trying to make is by and large Microsoft has cleaned out most of the

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was gamebooks of Arborell

2008-12-29 Thread Trenton Matthews
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was gamebooks of Arborell Hi Trenton, Yes, I have. I did manage to get ahold of the Windows 7 early beta and things are not looking too good for the majority of accessible games. The Windows 7 beta release I tested did

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was gamebooks of Arborell

2008-12-29 Thread shaun everiss
well the winkit zipfile jim kitchen has has most of what you need. I have the complete vb6sp6 runtimes on me to. I also have the complete sapi 5.1 systems to, though realspeak has everything to. At 08:52 a.m. 30/12/2008, you wrote: Hi Trenton, Yes, I have. I did manage to get ahold of the Windows

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 gaming was gamebooks of Arborell

2008-12-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, I know. I use Winkit all of the time for fixing the broken VB 6 installs on my Vista system. The point I was trying to make is by and large Microsoft has cleaned out most of the libraries that most audio games need by default. I think it is possible to get them running by tracking

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-16 Thread Tom Randall
for a serious alternative to Windows. Best regards, Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Louis

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Louis, Darragh has some very good audio podcasts on installing Linux, configuring orca, and an an introduction to the Gnome graphical desktop. His Ubuntu 8.04 step by step installation podcast is the best I have heard yet. To get his audio tutorials go to

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-04 Thread aiden gardiner
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Louis, Darragh has some very good audio podcasts on installing Linux, configuring orca, and an an introduction to the Gnome graphical desktop. His Ubuntu 8.04 step by step installation podcast is the best I

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread will lomas
product. Customers will remember. --- Pretty is as pretty does - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Kevin, Well

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Kevin, Thanks, I didn't think that there were games like Puppy1 or Homer on a Harley out there. Other than Monopoly version 8 Puppy1 and Homer on a Harley were my last two projects. So at least I am trying to give us new, exciting and different games to play. BFN - Original Message

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Munawar, Well, from a programming standpoint DirectSound was replaced by XAudio2 in the March 2008 DirectX SDK, and DirectSound was placed in the deprecated list of development libraries for DirectX. What this means for developers like you and I DirectSound will likely be kept in the

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Claudio, I don't know. There are a lot of development similarities between games for the XBox 360 and Windows Vista/Windows 7. They both use XNA, they both use the .NET Framework, and the both are a type of Winhdows platform. One major diference is that the XBox games are designed with XInput

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, It would be nice if Microsoft waited until their Windows releases were relatively stable before release, but their history has proven they always do otherwise. In 1995 Microsoft launched Windows 95 which was extremely unstable, was well known for major system crashes, and still

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jason, Quote If you're planning to program for multiple platforms, you're better off with another language however. Don't be fooled, the cross platform support early on in .NET is just smoke and mirrors. End quote What do you mean it is just smoke and mirrors? I'm using Mono 2 for Ubuntu

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Bryan Peterson
: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Charles Rivard [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Charles, It would be nice if Microsoft waited until their Windows releases were relatively stable

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Trouble
it. It actually made me laugh. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Charles Rivard [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Bryan Peterson
Oh yeah. I think I remember now. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: Trouble [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista That was the show called

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Trouble
For a while the people had no choice in Microsoft products at least in ops, because they had contracts with all major manufacturers to be the op of PC's sold in stores and by dealers. Now we do have some what of a choice. At 08:47 AM 8/3/2008, you wrote: Hi Charles, It would be nice if

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, It sure did. I was attending Wright State University for my Computer Science degree att the time, and I can remember someone recorded it for computer and telecommunication services as a demo for next years network upgrades. Needless to say none of the CATS techs were to happy about

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Trouble, Well, what I meant to say is that I am confused as to wwhy people continue to buy Microsoft products. Yeah, I know full well in the mid 90's up until the last few years there wasn't much of a choice. However, that has changed now, but most people are not willing to switch even

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread nicol
; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Charles, It would be nice if Microsoft waited until their Windows releases were relatively stable before release, but their history has proven they always do otherwise. In 1995 Microsoft launched Windows 95 which was extremely

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Nicol, Windows 3.1 was released around 1993. As for screen readers for 3.1 there was Jaws for Windows 1.x, Jaws 2.0, and Slimware Window Bridge. I believe the first versions of Window Eyes came out around that time as well. As for the question, is anyone still running it, I certainly hope

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Trouble
No, its the fact that at least 60% of the computer users are mousers, and don't know how to type. they were taught how just did think they would use or need it down the road. And the fact that linix is command line mostly and that kills if for those that don't like typing or don't spell. They

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Trouble, Not true. Many Linux distributions such as Ubuntu are just as graphical as Windows. Both the KDE and Gnome desktops resembles MS Windows in a lot of ways.it is safe to say anyone who can use MS Windows can easily use a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu without too much of a learning

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread louis
@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Trouble, Well, what I meant to say is that I am confused as to wwhy people continue to buy Microsoft products. Yeah, I know full well in the mid 90's up until the last few years there wasn't much

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-03 Thread shaun everiss
most stuff is writen for microsoft, and everything business has traditionally been ms. these things are hard to break. In india they are linux based. And well. At 05:19 a.m. 4/08/2008, you wrote: Hi Trouble, Well, what I meant to say is that I am confused as to wwhy people continue to buy

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread shaun everiss
you'd think so. Unfortunately most devs, excluding the new ones that have come in the last year or 2 and even then some of those including the old ones use old tech. Some are trying to upgrade others are not bothered to do that right now and others can't be bothered at all. Its the nature of the

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Shaun, I'm just curious, what games are Puppy1 like? and what games are Homer on a Harley like? Thanks - Original Message - you'd think so. Unfortunately most devs, excluding the new ones that have come in the last year or 2 and even then some of those including the old ones use

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Kevin Weispfennig
Hi, I never heard from a game like homer on a harley like. And Puppy1? I really don't know. Kevin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.weisi4u.de Klango-Blog: http://kevinweisi.klango.net Klango-Username: kevinweisi Skype: Foerbye1996 Yahoo: kevinweisi MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, it is my experience most blind users will hang on to their XP and Vista machines for several years yet. Just because Windows 7 is bringing in a bunch of new changes it won't spell the end of blind audio gaming, because blind computer users have always been slow to change to the

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Kevin Weispfennig
Hi, When cames the newst windows version out? Kevin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.weisi4u.de Klango-Blog: http://kevinweisi.klango.net Klango-Username: kevinweisi Skype: Foerbye1996 Yahoo: kevinweisi MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 424-263-367 AIM: weispfennigkevin Handy: 0177

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Demetry
The windows 7 will come out in 2010. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Kevin Weispfennig
Hi And what want to be the new features? Kevin -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.weisi4u.de Klango-Blog: http://kevinweisi.klango.net Klango-Username: kevinweisi Skype: Foerbye1996 Yahoo: kevinweisi MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 424-263-367 AIM: weispfennigkevin Handy: 0177 83 37

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Kevin, Well, Microsoft's best estimates say Windows 7 will be released in late 2010. Although, if they encounter issues, bugs, whatever they may push the release date back into 2011. Given ssuch a short development cycle between Vista and Windows 7 it sounds to me like Windows 7 is basically

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Munawar Bijani
: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista The windows 7 will come out in 2010. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Charles Rivard
, August 02, 2008 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista Hi Kevin, Well, Microsoft's best estimates say Windows 7 will be released in late 2010. Although, if they encounter issues, bugs, whatever they may push the release date back into 2011. Given ssuch a short development cycle

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-02 Thread Jason Allen
Hi guys. I'm developing my RPG in XNA using .NET 3.5. As a developer, fighting change is pointless. You're better off embracing the new technology because it's only going to get progressively worse the longer you resist. DirectX has given way to XNA and XNA is a marvelous technology. If you're

[Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-01 Thread Charles Rivard
Tom: You wrote: Also for us programmers they are of course going to be removing many of the older libraries that have been around for ages, that are no longer needed, and are replacing them with the updated .NET Framework, XNA is going to basically replace DirectX as the core gaming API, and

Re: [Audyssey] Windows 7 versus Vista

2008-08-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Like anything else it is a double edged sword. In terms of technology improvements XAudio2 has many advantages over DirectSound such as better 3d audio support, the ability to load and play wma files as well as wav files, etc. However, for the several games still using DirectSound 8